Clothespin



C. l. BARTELL.

CLOTHESPIN.

APPLICATION man JUNE 14. 1918.

1,359,657. Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

01$)? BarielL I W- 7hf7L/X I r UNITED STATES CHARLES J. BARTELL, OF ELMONT, NEW YORK.

CLOTHESPIN.

Anplication filed June 14, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. BARTELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmont, in the county of Nassau, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothespins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and,

use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins and particularly to wire clothes pins.

@ne object or" the present invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character which is formed of few parts, is simple in construction, and is effective in its operation to hold the clothes on the line.

Another object resides in the novel manner in which the closing spring is connected to the jaws of the clothes pin, whereby the positive and effective closing of the jaws is produced. ther objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation ota clothes pin made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional View taken on the line i l of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompany: ing drawing, A and B represent a pair oi elongated loop members each formed from a single length of wire and each including a longer side member, which are represented respectively at 10 and 11, the former being on the loop A and the latter on the loop 13.

A coil spring C is disposed in embracing relation to the portions 10 and 11, and extends throughout practically the entire Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

Serial No. 239,963.

length of said portions. spring is wound around the member 10, then extended across to the member 11 and wound therearound. The other end of the spring is wound around the member 11, extended across to the member 10 and wound therearound, these parts being represented re spectively at 12, 13, 14, and 15. By this winding of the ends of the spring, the loop members are held in properly spaced relation to each other and said loop members are capable of being swung apart on their portions 10 and 11 as their pivots, the coils of the spring being thus put under tension, with the result that said loop members, which are the jaws of the clothes pin, will be returned to their normal contacting positions.

There is thus provided a novel and simple device of this character and one which is formed of the minimum number of parts.

As will be readily understood, the loops or jaw members are engaged over the line and grip the garment which is draped thereover.

Each of the loop members is formed with the recesses or kinks 16 which receive portions of the clothes line, as clearly seen in the drawing.

What is claimed is:

A clothes pin comprising a pair of elongated closed loops formed from wire, and a spring having its intermediate portion formed into a plurality of helix coils embracing corresponding longer sides of the loops whereby said loops are pivotally movable with respect to the spring coils, one end of the spring being wound around one end of one of the loops and its other end wound around the other end of the other loop.

In testimonywhereoi, l affix my-signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. BARTELL.

Witnesses:

DANIEL C. MoNETL, JAMES H. MCNEIL.

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